Lipstick appliance



April 2, 1940. M. J. s'roGRAN LIPSTICK APPLIANGE Filed May 4, 1939 Patented Apr. 2, 1940 l 'UNITED STATES PATENT oFFicE LIPSTICK APPLIANCE Maximilian J. Stogran, Chicago, Ill., assignor to Frances I. Meserole, Blue Island, Ill.

Application May 4, 1939, Serial No. 271,764

16 Claims. (Cl. 132-79) My invention relai-,es t0, devices for applying to make a, locking Slide joint With the Side Chanlipstick, and lmore particularly to those which nels I2 of a lid I3. The lid is slidable in one are made in compact or collapsible form so as to direction to expose the rouge unit, and in the take up little room and be easily carried in the opposite direction to expose the spreader unit.

`5 purse, and my main object is to provide a device The rouge unit comprises a long, rectangular 5 of this kind which contains both a rouge applicacontainer I5, whose bottom is hinged to one end tor and a pencil or implement for the spreading of the casing IU by being formed With Outward and shaping of the rouge to the desired lip for- Studs I6 which enter apertures I'I made in the mation. v sides of the casing. The container l5 receives a 10 A further object of the invention is to provide receptacle I8 fora rouge stick I9 and is slotted 10 an article of the above character which is enin one of itswalls as indicated at 20 to permit the tirely self-contained and requires no part to be paSSage 0f a Stem 2| fIOIIl the reCeDaCle 5860 separated, removed or placed on the side While take the form of a ngel Plate 22- Thus, the the device is used or prepared for use, rou-ge stick may be advanced from the encased A still further object of the invention is to proposition of Fig. 3 to that of Fig. 4 by simply ad- 15 vide an article of the above character which can vancing the nger plate 22, so that the rouge be prepared for use in either capacity by the stick projects from the container I5. use of a single hand. A container 25 similar to the container I5 but Another object of the invention is to desi-gn considerably shorter is applied to the opposite the novel appliance with means to automatically endof the casing I ll. The container 25 is also 20 project either of its functioning elements by the hinged to the casing as indicated at and conmere opening of the casing which contains them. tains a receptacle 21 for a spreading pencil 28,

Another object of the invention is to construct the container being slotted at 29 for the action the novel appliance with a closure which funcof a finger plate 3G to advance the spreader 28 25 tions in respect to either of its features, yet canto the position shown in Fig. 5. 25 not be removed so as to be mislaid or lost. Ordinarily, the appliance is closed, as indicated An important object of the invention is to dein Fig. 1, the positions of the containers I5 and sign the novel appliance along lines of neatness, 25 then being as shown in Fig. 2. It may be compactness and economy. stated now that the containers are under tension 30 With the above objects in View and any others when in the confined position by the pressure of 30 which may suggest themselves from the descriptheir finger plates 22 and 23 on the bottom lila. tion to follow, a better understanding of the inof the casing, the latter yielding slightly to such vention may be had by reference to the accompressure. Thus, when the lid i3 is slid down panying drawing, in whichv from the position of Fig. 2 to that of Fig. 3, the

Fig. 1 is a perspective View ci the appliancein release of the container I5 will cause it to ily up 35 the closed position; in the direction indicated by the upper set of Fig. 2 is a vertical section denoting by means arrows in Fig. 2, so as` to assume the extended of dotted lines the positions to which its rouge. position indicated by the dotted lines in that applying and distributing elements are projected region, this caused by' the tension previously 40 for use; mentioned. The recession of the lid as just de- 40 Fig. 3 is a perspective view showing the lpscribed is limited when a lip 3l on its upper end stick holder projected prior to extending the meets the container 25, so that the lid cannot lipstick; slide further to become separated or dislodged Fig. 4 is a similar View, showing the said holder from the casing. The same action applies to the secured in place and the lipstick extended; projection of the container 25, it being under-1 45 Fig. 5 is an inverted view of Fig. l, with the stood that the lid moves over the encased conf rouge distributing unit in position for use; and tainer I 5 when the container 25 is to be exposed Fig. 6 is an enlarged section on the line 6--6 and projected. A lip 3la on the inner end of of Fig. 2. the lid stops the same when the lip meets the In accordance With the foregoing objects, container I5. 50 specific reference to the drawing indicatesy the When the appliance is to be manipulated as casing of the appliance at iii, the same being a described above, it is laid with the casing restchannel of light but springy sheet metal and of ing on the extended fingers of the palm. The shallow rectangular cross section. The vrim of lid I3 is thus in View, and the same is made with the casing is outwardly anged as indicated at Il serrated or raised formations 32, near each end 55 to facilitate the application of pressure by the thumb to slide the lid in one or the other direction. One of the formations 32 is marked with the word ROUGE, as indicated, for purposes of identication. Thus, with the appliance appearing as in Fig. 1, the thumb of the hand is applied to the upper formation 32 to draw back on the lid; and when the latter has reached the position of Fig. 3, the rouge container l5 iiies out instantly to the extended position indicated. Considering that the appliance is in a practically horizontal position on the iingers of the hand, the container l5 remains extended, and the thumb is then exerted to again advance the lid i3 to a point where it meets the finger plate 22, the further advance of the lid serving t push such nger plate and secures the projection of the rouge stick I9 as in Fig. 4. Or, the finger plate itself is advanced with the thumb, especially if the rouge stick has become short. The rouge may now be put into use by holding the container and linger plate between the foreiinaer and the thumb.

In order to restore the rouge unit, the thumb is employed to retract the rouge stick and then to retract the lid I3 to the limit of its travel. The appliance then is given a short upward jerk, which serves to throw the rouge container back into the casing. The appliance is now turned around to place the rouge container nearer to the user. Then the thumb is used to compress the container l5 into the casing while the forenger is applied to the remote end of the lid to draw the same back over` the container l5. The appliance is new in a position for the projection of its lipstick spreader Z8 and may be actuated precisely as before for this purpose.

It will be evident from the above description that an appliance is had which enables both the rouge and spreader units to be contained in one casing and manipulated by one hand. The units are very compactly encased, yet fully extensible to be freely applicable in any desired direction. The device is so constituted that the hold of either unit may be rm without other movement or exertion than the natural hold of the appliance in the hand, saving effort and attention on the part of the user. The manner of manipulating the units is the same for each, so that when the user becomes familiar with the appliance, a few trials will enable it to be used with ease. Moreover, the fact that both units are usable while attached to the casing precludes their removal or separate handling, so that nothing in the appliance must be laid aside or taken apart, and the user is free to rest the other hand or employ it otherwise. Finally, the appliance is an article of small size, compact construction and neat design, and is adaptable for ornamental development or embellishment in any respect that the fancy may dictate.

W'hile I have described the novel appliance along specic lines, various minor changes and refinements may be made therein without departing from its principle, and I desire to consider all such changes and refinements as coming within the scope and spirit of the appended claims.

I claim:

l. A lipstick appliance comprising an elongated channel, lip-rouge and rouge-spreader units disposed in the end portions of the channel and hinged to the latter in jack-knife relation, and a lid for the channel to enclose the units.

2. The structure of claim 1, the lid being movable to clear either unit for the swinging movement.

3. The structure of claim 1, the lid being movable to clear either unit for the swinging movement, and the channel extending beyond each pivot to a suiiicient degree to constitute its floor as a stop for the cleared unit when the latter has been swung to extend endwise of the channel.

4. The structure of claim 1, the lid being slidable along the channel to clear either unit for the swinging movement.

5. 'I'he structure of claim 1, each unit including a ller for the corresponding end of the channel to form a closure therefor.

6. The structure of claim 1, the covered channel being of rectangular cross-section, and each unit including a ller with a iiat rectangular outer surface to form a closure for the correspending end of the channel.

7. The structure of claim 1, the channel having longitudinal rim flanges, and the lid having channeled sides to make slide joints with said flanges.

8. 'Ihe structure of claim 1, the channel having outward longitudinal rim flanges, and the lid having its sides inturned with channels to make slide joints with said flanges.

9. The structure of claim 1, the lid being slidable along the channel to clear either unit for the swinging movement, and means to check the lid from sliding off the channel.

l0. The structure of claim 1, the lid being slidable along the channel to clear either unit for the swinging movement, and means to check the movement of the lid beyond the point of said clearance.

11. The structure of claim l, the lid being7 slidable along the channel to clear either unit for the swinging movement, and means to check the movement of the lid beyond the point oi said clearance, comprising a portion of the other unit serving as an abutment, and a projection of the lid meeting said portion when the lid has moved to the point of said clearance.

12. The structure of claim 1, the lid being slidable along the channel to clear either unit for the swinging movement, and means to check the movement of the lid beyond the point of said clearance, comprising a receptacle forming part of the other unit and serving as an abutment, and a projection of the lid meeting said receptacle when the lid has moved to the point of said clearance.

13. The structure of claim l, the lid beingr slidable along the channel to clear either unit for the swinging movement, and means to check the movement of the lid beyond the point of said clearance, comprising a receptacle forming part of the other unit and serving as an abutment, and a lip inwardly of the rear edge of the lid meeting said receptacle when the lid has moved to the point of said clearance.

14. The structure of claim l, the lid being slidable along the channel to clear either unit for the swinging movement, and means to check the lid from sliding oil the channel, said means comprising portions of the units next to the inner side of the'lid and inward lips at the ends of the lid, each lip meeting the opposite one of said unit portions as a stop limit when slid in the corresponding direction.

15. The structure of claim l, the lid being movable to clear either unit for the swinging movement, and means tensioned by the units movement, and projected portions on those faces of the units which facev the base of the channel, said' base being of spring material and tensioned by said portions, whereby tocause either unit .to y out to an extended position endwise o-f the" ,channel when such unit is cleared by the move- 5 ment of the lid. l

l MAXIMILIAN J. STOGRAN. 

